Improved skate-fastening



NITE STATES AlTsT Turn C. T. DAY, QF NEVARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVE!) SKATE-FASTENING;

To all whom, t may connerie.-

Be it known that I, (l. T. DAY, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State ot' New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Skate- Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makin g a part ot' this speciication, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of a skate with my improvement applied toit; Fig. 2, an inverted plan or under View of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre` sponding parts in the two figures.

This invention relates to a new and irnproved mode of attaching the skate to the hoot or shoe; and it consists in the employment or use of clamps arranged and applied to the skate in such a manner that a combined lateral and longitudinal adjusting movement is given them for the purpose of grasping the soleof the boot or shoe and lirnily securing the skate to the same.

The invention further consists in operating the clamps by means of a screw-rod and nut, arranged with the clamps in such a manner that all of the latter will be operated or moved simultaneously in securing the skate to the boot or shoe.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the runner of a skate; B, the front, and (.l the back, knee or post; D, the soleplate, and E the heel-plate, the plates D E being attached, respectively, to the knees or postsJS C, the front part ofthe plate B being also attached to the toe of the runner A.

The above parts are constructed and arranged similarly to many skates in use, and therefore do not require a minute description.

To the under side of the sole-plate D there are attached two curved bars, F F, each of which has a curved slot, a, made in it, and through these slots screwsib passV into the sole-plate, the heads ot' the screws retaining the bars in proper position and still admitting them to slide longitudinally, the back or inner ends ot' the bars F F nected by pivots c c to a bar, G, pendent nut, I-I, attached to it. parts of the bars F F are curved o bent upward, so as to form jaws c which extend upward, one at eacl front part of the sole of the boot To the under side of the heel-pl are attached two bars, I I, whi curved, so that their outer ends upward and form jaws or clamps each side ot' the heel ot the bo These bars I are also slotted lon, asshown at ff, to admit of screu through them in the saine way as b of the bars F F, and the back o1 of the hars I are connected `by p` bar, J, which has a pendant, i, att K is a rod, which has a screw, at one end, and a head, la, on its o1 This rod rests in the pendant iof the bars I I, the head 7c being a side of the pendant and the sere the nut II of the bar G. The s has a thumb-piece, l, attached t( the inner edge of the heel-plate E tached an upright bearing-piece, front edge of the heel of the bool rest against.

The operation is as follows: Th .I is turned to admi-t of the bars ing moved outward sufficiently t front part of the sole of the b( to rest on the plate E. The sci then turned from left to right l the thumb or nger piece l, and tl I I are thereby drawn simultaneoi longitudinally and laterally, so tt or clamps d d e e will bind agains ot' the sole and heel of the boot o firmly secure the skate to the lati The bearing-piece m serves as a heel, and insures the skate being proper position to the boot or sho The device is extremely simp manipulated with the greatest fa cure the skate to the boot or shoe it therefrom. There are no parts out of repair, and it may be apl skate at a moderate expense.

us described my invention, what 2. The screw-'rod J and nut H, applied to W, and desire to secure by Letters the bars F F I I, to operate in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

's F F I I, eonstr11cted,arrm1ged,

to the skate, substantially as C. T. DAY.

to be capable of being moved in n1 and lateral direction, and clamp Witnesses:

sole of the boot or shoe in the THos. S. J. DOUGLAS,

for the purpose specified. GEO. W. REED. 

